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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp

… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The process—and celebration—of a commemorative … Following are excerpts of that process gleaned from past newsletters. [Scroll down to read what was entered into the … to hear Regional Postmaster General Clarence B. Gels speak about Willa Cather. Also in the audience were relatives of …
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Guided Seasonal Tour

… Black Hawk Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts … drawn readers into this classic novel for more than 100 years.   As part of our NEA Big Read programming, guests are … W. 3rd Street This is the site where Anna Sadilek Pavelka’s first child was baptized and where Anna was married. This …
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Cather Sesquicentennial

… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are … download the National Willa Cather Center app for virtual tours . Organizations or communities that would like to … House, Red Cloud, NE Nov 8 & Nov 12 — Cather's Santa Fe: A Walking Tour , 1:00-3:30 p.m. MT, Santa Fe, NM Nov 9 — …
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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… You can, too—in any season or time of year, whether for the first time or on a return trip. We offer a variety of guided … classic novel My Ántonia , published in 1918, was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… Image Image NEA Big Read: My Ántonia Programs Offered to Communities and … by the National Endowment for the Arts for their 2024 Big Read initiative. In partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read supports community reading programs designed around a …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting

… status as a literary pilgrimage destination for more than fifty years. Just six months after the house reopened on Willa … with a sloping ceiling, like my 'rose-bower' in our old first home. Do you remember?"   —Cather in a 1945 letter to …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about … has become known as one of America’s canonical authors. The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings …
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The Potter Family

… Street business district. Later J.Q. and Jacob opened the first grist mill west of Beatrice after they constructed, … War was on now and my father volunteered and spent three years in the service until the close of the war. He was … Orleans; N. F. Potter, Alma; twenty-six grandchildren, fifty great grandchildren.” (By Attorney Jas. S. Gilham) …
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Willa Cather Biography

… published which have changed just how Cather is seen and understood. Two of the most prominent recent volumes are … a countryside and a people. That relationship, he knew, cannot be gone after and found; it must be long and deliberate, … The Song of the Lark  (150)—the Willa Cather who was about forty years of age was ready to do what was needed to …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in December of 2023 … National Willa Cather Center and participate in guided town tours of six additional historic properties related to …
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